Stephen Colbert bemoans environment he helped create

By Becket Adams

Published April 21, 2018 1:33am ET

Stephen Colbert bemoans environment he helped create — FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2015, file photo, Stephen Colbert participates in "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" segment of the CBS Summer TCA Tour in Beverly Hills, Calif. Colbert may not respect much of what Donald Trump says, but he does admire the Republican's ability to craft a message that many voters are responding to. "There is a populism to Trump that I find very appealing," Colbert said on an interview to be shown on CBS' "Face the Nation" on Sunday, Dec. 27. "And itÂs only this: the party elders want him to go away, but the people have decided that heÂs not going to." | (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

CBS’ Stephen Colbert is sad that the current state of our national discourse has been brought so low that public figures talk constantly about President Trump’s rumored affairs with various adult performers and models.

He believes it’s so bad, in fact, that he debuted a new segment Thursday titled, “What Have We Become?”

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